Systemwide Human Resources
Systemwide Employee & Labor Relations fosters employee engagement, negotiates and administers local and systemwide labor agreements and provides multi-faceted support toward ensuring an inclusive, diverse, collaborative and productive work environments across the UC system.
Explore the sections below to learn more about these units, their programs and staff.
Employee & Labor Relations Leadership
Melissa Matella
Associate Vice President Employee & Labor RelationsPhone: (510) 987-9080
Aurora D'Agostino
Phone: (510) 987-9754
Employee Relations
Learn More About Systemwide Employee Relations
Facilitating the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives that build an environment of employee engagement in which people can do their best work.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Information regarding Systemwide Employee Relation's role in supporting systemwide compliance with the law and spirit of equal opportunity and affirmative action, and links to key policies covering nondiscrimination, affirmative action and disability
Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Violence Prevention and Resolution
Resources for university community members related to discrimination, harassment, retaliation and sexual assault/sexual violence
Staff Engagement
Workforce engagement survey information jointly sponsored by Systemwide Employee Relations and the Council of University of California Staff Assemblies (CUCSA).
Pay for Family Care and Bonding (PFCB)
Information and resources regarding Pay for Family Care and Bonding (PFCB)
Juliann Martinez
Interim Executive DirectorPhone: (510) 287-3331
Melisandra Leonardos
AA/EEO COMPLIANCE OFFICERPhone: (510) 987-9018
Rosamaria Garcia
Complaint Resolution OfficerPhone: (510) 987-9640
Dale Williams
Employee Relations CoordinatorPhone: (510) 987-0273
Labor Relations
Systemwide Labor Agreements
Systemwide Labor Relations is responsible for negotiating and administering 15 systemwide labor agreements and 22 local agreements with 17 unions, covering over 134,000 academic and staff employees across the UC system.
Frequently Asked Questions: Collective Bargaining
Provides answers to questions frequently asked about union representation and collective bargaining.
Labor Relations Org. Chart (pdf)
Explore the reporting structures within Systemwide Labor Relations
Matt Teaford
Director of Labor RelationsPhone: (510) 987-9144
Annette Garcia
Associate Director, Operations & PlanningPhone: (510) 987-0790
E Kevin Young
Associate Director/Chief NegotiatorPhone: (510) 987-0141
Mara Otero
Associate Director/Chief NegotiatorPhone: (510) 987-0177
Paul Garza
Labor Relations ManagerPhone: (510) 987-0895
Liliana Cortez
Labor Relations ManagerPhone: (510) 978-9070
David Tuttle
Labor Relations Manager
Karren Yun
Labor Relations ManagerPhone: (510) 987-0815
Tracy Babbitt
Administrative OfficerPhone: (510) 987-9906
Sharon Adams
Principal AnalystPhone: (510) 987-9914
Jeanette McClain
Labor Relations ConsultantPhone: (510) 987-0078
Ambrocine Rodriguez
Project Analyst